And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?
“Tell us now,” they asked Baruch, “how did you write all these words? Was it at Jeremiah’s dictation?”
And they asked Baruch, saying, `Declare, we pray thee, to us, how didst thou write all these words--from his mouth?'
And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words from his mouth?
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile